TBR Backlog Challenge 2025

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73 participants (866 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Challenge yourself to read 12 books in your shelves in 2025. Tackle that TBR pile!

The template to this challenge (and many more) can be found on my Instagram @shadowbooker

We hope you enjoy the challenge! Happy reading in 2025!

Challenge Books

All books added
The Toll by Neal Shusterman

The Toll

Arc of a Scythe #3

Neal Shusterman

625 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

The Eye of the World

The Wheel of Time #1

Robert Jordan

804 pages • paperback • 1990

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Dune #1

Frank Herbert

624 pages • hardcover • 1965

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind

The Kingkiller Chronicle #1

Patrick Rothfuss

946 pages • digital • 2007

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Kingdom of Claw by Demi Winters

Kingdom of Claw

The Ashen Series #2

Demi Winters

548 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

She Who Became the Sun

The Radiant Emperor Duology #1

Shelley Parker-Chan

414 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Tyranny of Faith by Richard Swan

The Tyranny of Faith

Empire of the Wolf #2

Richard Swan

546 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Words of Kings and Prophets by Shauna Lawless

The Words of Kings and Prophets

Gael Song #2

Shauna Lawless

449 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Bloodmarked

The Legendborn Cycle #2

Tracy Deonn

561 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Blood of the Chosen by Django Wexler

Blood of the Chosen

Burningblade & Silvereye #2

Django Wexler

528 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced